Population history of the Hispaniolan hutia Plagiodontia aedium (Rodentia: Capromyidae): Testing the model of ancient differentiation on a geotectonically complex Caribbean island

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2239-2253

  Brace, Selina ^a   Barnes, Ian ^a   Powell, Adam ^b   Pearson, Rebecca ^c   Woolaver, Lance G ^d   Thomas, Mark G ^b,e   Turvey, Samuel T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Wildlife Preservation Canada   (Canada)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allopatric differentiation; ancient DNA; conservation genetics; Hispaniolan hutia; historical biogeography; palaeo islands

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAITI; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GENE FLOW; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAITI; HAPLOTYPES; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CAPROMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; PLAGIODONTIA; PLAGIODONTIA AEDIUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 84863403852     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05514.x     Document Type: Article

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